From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>, 17148@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17148: 23.1; Revert Buffer
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:45:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p1k3b8b565.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvd2h0u7wu.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:14:04 -0400")
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Because revert-buffer is meant to handle the file's content, not its
> read-only setting.
File permission bits can be viewed as just another form of content.
> E.g. maybe the buffer is read-only because the user hit C-x C-q.
Personally I would not mind seeing a non-greyed-out menu-item for Revert
Buffer in such a case. I have modified the buffer ('s meta-data)
compared to how it is on disk, so I might want to revert it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-02 6:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-31 13:33 bug#17148: 23.1; Revert Buffer Joe Camaioni
2014-04-01 7:06 ` Michael Albinus
2014-04-01 15:54 ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-01 18:04 ` Michael Albinus
2014-04-01 18:30 ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-01 18:40 ` Michael Albinus
2014-04-01 19:01 ` Glenn Morris
2014-04-02 13:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-01 20:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-04-02 6:45 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2014-04-02 13:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-02-22 14:45 ` bug#17148: Revert buffer menu-item and file permission changes Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-22 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-22 17:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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